Post 17: We didn't hope for chips, for chips

It was all under way, a £15 beef joint and pretty much all of this week's veg box sliced and diced. There was the beef, red and green cabbage, leeks, potato and turnip mash, and then a medley of mixed veg for roasting: spuds, parnsip and carrots. All seemed to be progressing well.

And then the oven blew up or the element went - equates to much the same, but a little less dramatic.

So, it was a trip to the chippy. The fish and chips were nice, but it was no roast beef; I'll try again tonight.